On a trip with my husband last week in Maine, I realized that a “life calling” like pelvic health never really gets a vacation – nor should it, since clearly so many people young and old are living with an amazing lack of information. Let me tell you the story of “Brian” – name...
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Women’s Health Foundation begins its first independent research study this fall with an innovative study on adolescent pelvic health education. We are presenting simple bladder and pelvic health topics to three groups of female students in two charter and one private, all-girls school in Chicago. We will be looking at what their baseline knowledge...
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Thank you again, San Antonio, for being the host site for our very 1st “World’s Biggest Pelvic Wellness Workout” and it was a hit! We took over the aerobics room at the Jimmy Brought Fitness Center on Ft. Sam Houston Air Force Base – yes, back on the base. The ladies that came for a...
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I know, I know… It’s convenient! But urinating in the shower isn’t a good idea. Don’t even urinate in the toilet when the shower is running! For that matter, it’s not a good idea to urinate in the ocean or the pool either. Common courtesy aside, combining the sound (and feel, if you’re showering or...
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Answering the phones at Women’s Health Foundation, I have fielded numerous questions about everything from good constipation remedies to herbs that can support bladder health. I’ve also been confronted with a lot of myths about pelvic health. But nothing prepared me for the great douching debate. Okay, we’re going to get personal here so...
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As a women’s health physical therapist, I consider myself an advocate for bladder health and wellness. Thus, I encourage all of my patients who “hover” over the toilet (i.e. squatting slightly to “hover” over the toilet rather than sitting fully on the toilet while urinating) to stop this habit immediately! If sanitation is a concern,...
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Ask any woman about foods that are good for the bladder and she’ll likely say, “Cranberry juice” and leave it at that. Cranberry juice, the old standby for preventing urinary tract infections, is as far as our knowledge extends. Frankly, I’m surprised Ocean Spray™ just doesn’t come right out and stamp a vajayjay on their...
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LBL. Light Bladder Leakage. By now, you’ve probably seen the humorous, public-friendly webisodes from Poise, the ones that feature Whoopi Goldberg talking about LBL or “the spritz.” These light-hearted, friendly terms have been coined to discuss a serious condition in place of its much more serious name- female urinary incontinence. Whether or not you...
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We always hear how great cranberries are for getting rid of those nasty urinary tract infections. But cranberry juice is a little too sour for my tastebuds. Plus, the amount of sugar added to some name brand juices is enough to bring on the gut rot. Imagine my elatement when Dr. Elser, a local Urogynecologist, mentioned at...
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